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On Arcbazar you describe your project, and architects and designers from around the world send you their designs. You compare them, ask your family and friends, and pick the one you love.
Since 2010. Started in Cambridge, Massachusetts, incubated at the Harvard Innovation Labs, and part of MIT’s Venture Mentoring Service.
4.5 / 5clients’ rating of their winning designs (890+ reviews)
Our name
Il nome Arcbazar nasce dall'idea di un bazar per l'architettura, uno spazio accogliente dedicato allo scambio e alla negoziazione di servizi di progettazione.
Our story
2010
Arcbazar starts in Cambridge, Massachusetts: incubated at the Harvard Innovation Labs and mentored by MIT’s Venture Mentoring Service.
2012
Our research on crowdsourcing architecture is presented at ACADIA, and BostInno calls Arcbazar “the Amazon of architecture”.
2014
Entrepreneur magazine names Arcbazar one of the 100 most brilliant companies in the US.
2017
Designers from around the world reimagine the Obama Presidential Center in an open competition on Arcbazar, studied with MIT.
2021
Baykar holds the design competition for its UAS (drone) Research and Manufacturing Centre of Excellence on Arcbazar.
2021
The Routledge Companion to Artificial Intelligence in Architecture, edited by our founder, gives a chapter to AI in crowdsourced design.
2026
SpaceApp: launch a competition, follow the designs as they arrive and rank them on your phone.
Featured inEntrepreneurBostInnoBuiltWorldsThe Architects’ Journalcrowdsourcing.orgNational Association of Realtors
Client testimonials. Real projects.
Client experiences across Arcbazar, paired with their project designs.
“Un'altra esperienza incredibile. Sono davvero sorpreso di avere quello che abbiamo ottenuto e sono molto soddisfatto.”
“Dear designers, many thanks for your inspiring and creative designs! The proposals and detailed renderings are a great help in deciding in which direction we...”
“Mi sono piaciuti tutti i disegni presentati per il mio progetto! Mi ha dato grandi idee da trasmettere al mio appaltatore.”
“Adoro il tuo sito web! Un miglioramento... Sarebbe bello cambiare la classifica modificando i numeri. È molto noioso spostare le scatole quando ci sono più d...”
“Enjoyable and fun experience. Easy to use website.”
“Gute Gelegenheit um Vorschläge und Ideen aus aller Welt zu erhalten.”
Founder
Imdat As
Founder
Imdat founded Arcbazar to give anyone with a project access to many designers, and designers access to real projects. An architect and researcher, he holds a master’s degree from MIT and a doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and has written and spoken widely on crowdsourcing and artificial intelligence in architecture. More on imdatas.com ↗
Board of directors
Doug Elder
Chairman of the Board
Jack Hughes
Co-founder at Topcoder
Imdat As
Founder
Consiglieri
Takehiko Nagakura
Consulente Chiave · Associate Professor, MIT, Director of the Computation Group
Tim Curran
CEO of Building Engines, Former CEO of VelaSystems (acquired by Autodesk)
Jon Hirschtick
Founder of Solidworks (acquired by Dessault Systems), Founder and Chairman of Onshape, Inc
Michael Dornbrook
Angel Investor, Former COO of Harmonix Music Systems, Cambridge, MA
Sarah Goldhagen
Architecture Critic at The New Republic, Former Faculty at the Harvard Graduate School of Design
William Porter
Emeritus Professor of Architecture, MIT Partner at Anderson Porter Design, Cambridge, MA
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